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Gray Orb Weaver - Araneus - female
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Gray Orb Weaver - Araneus - Female
I-80 Sydney Westbound Rest Area, Cheyenne County, Nebraska, USA
September 13, 2017
Any help with ID appreciated.

Thanks,

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE

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Gray Orb Weaver - Araneus - female Gray Orb Weaver - Araneus - female
Contributed by Loren & Babs Padelford on 1 October, 2017 - 10:11pm
Last updated 18 December, 2017 - 8:25pm

We were thinking
Araneus gemmoides or illaudatus, but we don't have either from Nebraska yet??
… john and jane balaban, 1 October, 2017 - 11:06pm

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